A certain document, a copy of which is on file with town clerk and authenticated, being marked and designated as the 2020 edition of the NFPA 70 National Electrical Code, as published by the National Electrical Code Council, is hereby adopted as the electrical code of the city for regulating and governing the design, construction, quality of materials, erection, installation, alteration, repair, location, relocation, replacement, addition to, use or maintenance of electrical systems as herein provided, and providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor, and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said electrical code on file in the office of the city clerk are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this section, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in this division.
(Ordinance 0010 adopted 6/13/89; Ordinance 0010-2 adopted 10/14/97; Ordinance 0010 adopted 10/12/04; Ordinance 0010 adopted 4/8/14; Ordinance adopting Code; Ordinance 0308 adopted 3/12/2024)
(1) 
Insertions.
None.
(2) 
Revisions.
None.
(3) 
Deletions.
None.
(Ordinance 0010 adopted 6/13/89; Ordinance 0010 adopted 10/12/04; Ordinance 0010 adopted 4/8/14; Ordinance adopting Code; Ordinance 0308 adopted 3/12/2024)
Any person, firm, corporation or agent who shall violate a provision of the National Electrical Code or this division, or fail to comply therewith, or with any requirements thereof, or who shall erect, construct, alter, or install any electrical system, or has erected, constructed, altered or repaired any electrical system in violation of a detailed statement or drawing submitted and permitted thereunder, or of a permit or certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of this division or section 103 of Ordinance No. 0102 of the city (the zoning ordinance), shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.
(Ordinance 0010 adopted 6/13/89; Ordinance 0010-1 adopted 11/28/89; Ordinance 0010 adopted 10/12/04; Ordinance 0010 adopted 4/8/14; Ordinance adopting Code)
As used in throughout the National Electrical Code, the term “building official” or “code official” shall mean the building official as defined in article 9.02, division 4 of this code. The building official shall have enforcement authority over the provisions in the National Electrical Code as is provided for all of the technical codes of the city.
(Ordinance 0010 adopted 6/13/89; Ordinance 0010 adopted 10/12/04; Ordinance 0010 adopted 4/8/14; Ordinance adopting Code)
Nothing in this division or in the electrical code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding pending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under any act, ordinance or technical code hereby repealed as cited in the ordinance codified in this division, nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this division.
(Ordinance 0010 adopted 6/13/89; Ordinance 0010 adopted 10/12/04; Ordinance 0010 adopted 4/8/14; Ordinance adopting Code)